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12 Indians among Asia’s top FinTech influencers

Indian whiz-kids, over the last few years, have become shining stars in the financial technology firmament.

Financial technology, or FinTech, pertains to an emerging financial services sector. The ambit of FinTech has expanded to include companies that employ the latest innovations and technology to compete in a marketplace that consists of big financial institutions, technology firms and start-ups. FinTech is one of the world’s fastest growing industries and attracts some of the best business minds, budding and traditional entrepreneurs, and astute investors seeking newer and potentially disruptive domains to fund.

FinTech Asia, a Singapore-based digital platform that provides latest trends and development updates in Asia, recently came out with a list of 63 top FinTech influencers in the continent. A dozen Indians feature on this elite list. The methodology used to rank the top FinTech influencers was based on their Klout score, i.e. their social media influence. Klout score is an indicator of influence and presence that is calculated using social media data from LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Klout ranks the influence of every person online.

Here are the Top 12 Indian influencers in the FinTech that you must know about: